Two US destroyers followed the Russian cruiser after the ship to the Atlantic, ending for more than 6 months of operation in the Mediterranean.
The cruel cruise of the Russian Navy's Admiral Missile on August 25 passed the Gibraltar Strait to the Atlantic, leaving the Mediterranean after more than 6 months of operation in this waters.
After the cruiser, Admiral Ustinov entered the Atlantic, two US missile destroyers, USS Cole and USS Bainbridge, followed the Russian battleship for two hours, but the reason for this activity was unknown.
Admiral Ustinov belongs to the Project 1164 Atlant Project class, which was started by the Soviet Union after two years of Marshal Moscow.
The Russian Navy does not have effective maintenance facilities in the Mediterranean.
The cruiser of Russia's Admiral Ustinov left the Mediterranean on February 24.
The cruiser of Admiral Ustinov, belonging to the Northern Fleet of Russia, led the water -based warfare group to the Mediterranean in early February and stationed off the southern coast of Cronet, Greece.
The Varyag cruiser, the third in Project 1164 class and belongs to the Pacific Fleet, in February was operated near the Russian Navy base in Tartus, Syria.
The deployment of the warship of Admiral Ustinov and Varyag coincided with the US and NATO increasing military presence in the region with the aircraft carrier group of USS Harry S. Truman.
The Soviet Union started the construction of the 1164 Atlant Project Class Schedule from the mid -1970s to deal with US aircraft carriers.
Countries of Project 1164 Atlant can reach a maximum speed of 59 km/h, operating up to 5,600 km, equipped with 16 P-1000 anti-ship missiles, 64 long-range S-300F air defense missiles,
Gibraltar strait position.
The Russian warship in the Black Sea installed the Tor air defense complex for the Army, seemed to deal with Ukraine Ukraine after the marshal of Moscow.
Moscow cruiser possesses arsenal with 120 missiles of all kinds, an irreplaceable weapon in Russia's campaign in Ukraine.